Daytona 500

General Practice Notes : Chevy’s were the most represented make this session (Hendrick and RCR). They choose to practice as a group together in race situations. There were a few other drivers from lesser teams who ran with them at times (Cassill, Ragan, Almirola and Bayne). Erik Jones – He missed this practice session so […]

Below is our DraftKings Fantasy NASCAR Playability Value Chart / Projected Base Scores for the Daytona 500. It should help give you a good idea what drivers you should target, and who you should avoid. I’ll also note the Base Score Projections exclude “Dominator points” (leading laps and getting fastest laps). Our Dominator column should […]

Credit: Photo by Sarah Crabill/NASCAR via Getty ImagesUnderstanding DraftKings NASCAR scoring trends can be very helpful. Each track is different, and different compositions of teams can score big. This post gives you helpful scoring notes that can be learned from a race and tells you what type of “scorer” the top […]

The time is finally here to start thinking about Fantasy NASCAR again. We’ve already seen quite a bit of on-track activity at Daytona, with Joey Logano winning the postponed Clash on Sunday afternoon–thanks to last-lap contact between Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin while fighting for the lead–and then Chase Elliott went out there and won […]

Landon Cassill – Landon Cassill has some dark horse fantasy value at plate tracks but he’s a risky fantasy option. In 5 of the last 12 races on this track type he’s finished 13th or better. When he’s finished outside of that range his results were typically pretty bad. Last summer at Daytona he finished […]

Martin Truex Jr. – Martin Truex Jr. will be a driver to watch at Daytona. Last year he came within inches of winning the Great American Race. Over his last three incident free Daytona races he has an 8.3 average finish. Last summer at Daytona he had a strong car but finished 29th after being […]

Joey Logano – Joey Logano will be tough to beat in the Daytona 500. He’s a recent champion who’s been one of the most successful restrictor plate drivers over the last couple of season’s. He’ll have standout speed and he knows how to make winning moves. In 3 of the last 4 Daytona races Logano’s […]

Daytona 500 practice session #1 was all about getting in a fast lap for qualifying tomorrow. There really isn’t any applicable information that you could take away other than who’ll be a favorite for qualifying on Sunday at 3:10 PM. Some key take aways from the session: The Fords as a manufacture showed really good […]

At Daytona Elliott Sadler will be driving the #7 for Tommy Baldwin Racing. Fantasy Spin: Elliott Sadler has solid sleeper potential at Daytona and might be able to sneak in a good result. He’s a good plate racer and last year in this event the #7 car finished 8th. In Sadler’s last three Daytona 500’s […]